Preparing For Fall Sports: Heat Illness

Preparing For Fall Sports: Heat Illness

With the new fall sports season just around the corner, we want to discuss the important topic of heat illness, or Exertional Heat Illnesses (EHIs). EHIs can be a very serious medical emergency that can cause serious damage to your body and even lead to death. The...
How to Prepare for Your Upcoming Hockey Season

How to Prepare for Your Upcoming Hockey Season

How is your off-season training plan coming along?  Are you getting ready for the upcoming season?  Let’s check the list to see where you are. Did you take time off at the end of last season to recover from injuries? Did you take time off the ice to get away on...
Core Stability Isn’t Just Sit Ups

Core Stability Isn’t Just Sit Ups

When most people think about core or abdominal exercises, they think of sit-ups and planks. Though these exercises can be effective, can we do it better? Many of the most popular core exercises are performed on the floor. The issue is that most of the sports we play...
Hypo- vs. Hyper-mobility

Hypo- vs. Hyper-mobility

Mobility is often a buzzword that is thrown around in training, rehab, and sports performance settings. Here, we are going to look at what it means when an athlete is hypo-mobile (less mobility) and what it means when an athlete is hyper-mobile (more mobility), and if...